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Former South African President Jacob Zuma, is currently in Moscow for medical treatment, his spokesperson said recently, the day after a court decision reaffirming that he should be in jail. Zuma, 81, went to Russia last week for health reasons and he would return to the country when his doctors have completed his treatment.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma, is currently in Moscow for medical treatment, his spokesperson said recently, the day after a court decision reaffirming that he should be in jail. Zuma, 81, went to Russia last week for health reasons and he would return to the country when his doctors have completed his treatment.
This trip, aboard a commercial flight, is private, but not secret, according to sources close to Zuma. There was a report in the local press about Zuma’s visit to Moscow. There were reports that he was in Zimbabwe where he represented a group from Belarus at a conference on carbon credits. Recently, South Africa’s highest court reiterated that Zuma should return to prison to finish serving a 15-month sentence for contempt, rejecting an appeal asking that he be spared.
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This decision should not have an immediate effect: the penitentiary services affirmed that they were going to study this judgment and seek a legal opinion before expressing themselves on this file. Zuma was sentenced in June 2021 for stubbornly refusing to respond to a commission investigating corruption under his presidency (2009-2018). His imprisonment a few days later sparked several days of riots, killing more than 350 people. Zuma, when he was president, had close ties with Moscow.
